Shoestring Players set to perform play exploring history's killers

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Apr 1, 2013 at 11:56 AM

The Shoestring Players at the University of South Carolina Upstate will perform Stephen Sondheim's “Assassins” at 8 p.m. April 11-13 and 3 p.m. April 14 in the Performing Arts Center Theatre. The play is based on the book by John Weidman.

From staff reports

The Shoestring Players at the University of South Carolina Upstate will perform Stephen Sondheim's “Assassins” at 8 p.m. April 11-13 and 3 p.m. April 14 in the Performing Arts Center Theatre. The play is based on the book by John Weidman.“Assassins” explores the history of presidential assassinations in America, ranging from well-known historical figures such as John Wilkes Booth, John Hinckley Jr., and Charles Manson groupie “Squeaky” Fromme to lesser-known assassins and attempted assassins, including Samuel Byck (would-be assassin of President Richard Nixon), Leon Czolgosz (assassin of President William McKinley), and Charles Giteau (assassin of President James Garfield).Through songs and vignettes, the audience discovers the social, political and economic motivations that drove each assassin and potential assassin to take to the gun.Tickets are $5 for students, faculty and staff and $7 for all others. For tickets, call the Performing Arts Center Box Office from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 503-5695.

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